Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WHITTINGTON

WHITTINGTON, a parish in Northleach district, Gloucester; 4½ miles ESE of Cheltenham r. station. Post town, Cheltenham. Acres, 1,422. Real property, £1,747. Pop., 217. Houses, 36. W. Court is the seat of F. S. Waller, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £376.* Patron, H.-Wright, Esq. The church is partly Norman. There is an endowed school with £32 a year.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Whittington Parish       Northleach Poor Law Union/Registration District       Gloucestershire Ancient County
Place: Whittington

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